alt Hacker NewsHistorically, being capable of doing these things has required sufficient knowledge that the Venn diagram of "people inclined to do terrible things" and "people sufficiently knowledgeable to do terrible things" has been close to empty. Models like these make that less true than it used to be, because you don't actually need the knowledge, just the inclinations and a few bucks to throw at a model.
Your "Venn diagram" is wrong. People don't decide against crime because they are dumb, they don't do it because of legal repercussions.
Did you forget there's law? Why argue about dumbing down people in order to fight crime, that's nonsense.
Private entities deciding to dumb down people as a replacement of law is worse than any crime.